Evening Brief: Thursday, August 27, 2015

Tonight’s Evening Brief is brought to you by Music on a Mission – Family Services Ottawa’s Music Trivia Fundraiser. Join us on Friday, October 30, 2015, at St. Anthony’s Soccer Club. This spectacular games night is also a part of Family Services Ottawa’s milestone 100th Anniversary celebrations.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau announced a major infrastructure program in Oakville, insisting his party would balance the budget by 2019 as part of a recovery plan. Stephen Harper and Tom Mulcair have promised to eschew deficits in the coming year. This positions Trudeau’s program for economic growth well to the left of what his party is portraying as Mulcair’s austerity plan, with Harper defending the Conservatives’ record ahead of September economic numbers widely expected to confirm that Canada is in recession.

One day after his party raised a firestorm on social media over Finance Minister Joe Oliver’s plans to speak at a men’s-only club, it appears a Liberal Party candidate may have done exactly the same thing back in January. Amanda Connolly has the lowdown.